Opioids and Opiates – Page 4

Treating Overdoses Over the Counter

It is now easier than ever to get a medication that stops overdoses.

A filmmaker captures her attempt to come off the synthetic opiates that kept her off heroin for the past six years.

The overdose-reversal drug should be more widely available, health experts have said. It arrives in many stores next week, no prescription necessary.

As fentanyl overdoses in public spaces spike, the lifesaving drug Narcan is being stocked by more and more bars and restaurants.

About 30 percent of Americans have been addicted to opioids or have a relative who has been, researchers also reported.